Page:Architectural Review and American Builders' Journal, Volume 1, 1869.djvu/618

 498 The Architectural Review and American Builders' Journal. [Feb., several rooms on each floor, but alsj because they are neither very small, nor very low ; and the rooms on the second story are very little lower than those below. Whereas the principal features of a Cottage are small upper windows, generally in the roof. It has been very aptly said of such a class of buildings, that they are generally marked by a certain air of deshabille, and inattention to strict architectural costume, which oftentimes is engaging in its appearance. Perhaps the very best general definition of the Cottage stjde, as it has been called, ever given, is that it is the Tudor or Elizabethan in undress. In the present design, there are two stories and a loft, the latter lighted by small windows in the gable end. The first story is ten feet, and the second eight feet eight inches in height in the clear. The portion of the building to the right, which contains the Kitchen, Scul- lery, &c, is only one story in height. The gables have slightly ornamented =1 . i 1 1 ( m=r== y I I verge boards, with pointed finials ; and, with the chimne3 r s, the steep roofs, and projecting baj'-window in the lower story, and oriel in the upper story, are peculiar to this style, and assist greatly in giving effect to the design. The en- trance is through a small characteristic Porch, F, into a hall or passage, E, 6 feet wide and 28 feet long, in which is the stairway to the upper stoiy. To the left is the Dining-room, D, 14 feet by 14 feet, well lighted by two windows to the front and two to the rear, and communicating with the Kitchen, B, 14 feet by 12 feet, and the Scullery, A. There is a small China-closet or Pantry, C, attached also to the Dining-room. On the other side of the passage, E, is the Parlor, Gr, 14 feet by 28 feet, a pleasant, cheerful room, well lighted by two windows in the front and two in the rear, and a large square bay-window, with three lights, forming a recess in the room. At the end of the hall there is another door, leading out to the rear of the building, having a Porch also. On the second story, there are four Chambers immediately above the Dining- room and Parlor, one of which has a smaller two-light projecting oriel win- dow, forming an agreeable addition to a bed-room, both from its pleasing ex- terior effect, and affording space for stands of flowers. SUMMER-HOUSES. IN planning and designing the paths and embellishments of private, or even public grounds, but more especially the former, there are no more pleas- ing or effective accessories to a country seat, than Summer- Houses, if they have been located and constructed with the requisite degree of care and taste. The paramount intention of all such accesso- ries is to add to the character and the beauty of the surrounding sceneiy. In order to obtain this desirable end, too much attention cannot be bestowed upon the study of obtaining an appropriate situation, and a consistenc}' of architect- ural character, so that they may be in unison with the principal dwelling and the adjacent landscape.